Chillicothe in Ross County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Birthplace of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes
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Lucy Webb Hayes, 1831 - 1889

Birthplace of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes Marker (Side A) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 21, 2008

1. Birthplace of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes Marker (Side A)

Inscription. Side A:
Birthplace of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes

First Lady Lucy Ware Webb Hayes was born in this four-room Federal Vernacular house in 1831. Well educated for her time, she attended local schools, took classes in the preparatory department of Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, and graduated from Wesleyan Female College in Cincinnati in 1850. She married lawyer and future U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1852. They raised five children to adulthood. As a colonel's wife during the Civil War, “Mother Lucy” boosted morale for the soldiers of the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry regiment. In 1870, during Hayes' first term as governor of Ohio, Lucy helped establish the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home as a state institution. (Continued on other side)

Side B:
Lucy Webb Hayes, 1831-1889

During Rutherford B. Hayes' 1877-1881 presidential term, Mrs. Hayes brought temperance to the White House and established lasting traditions, including the Easter “Egg Roll” and the eagle logo on the White House stationery. Politically astute and forthright, Lucy earned widespread admiration and became the first “First Lady” so titled. She died in 1889 and is interred at Spiegel Grove in Fremont. Built circa 1825 and rented in 1826 by Lucy's parents,

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Dr. James and Maria Cook Webb, the house was moved here from its original East Fourth Street location in 1883. The Chillicothe Restoration Foundation saved it from demolition in 1968. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 as part of the Chillicothe Old Residential District. The Ross County Commissioners completed restoration in 1985.

Erected 2001 by Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, The Friends of Lucy, and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 6-71.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Charity & Public Work • Education • Women. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #19 Rutherford B. Hayes, and the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1831.

Location. 39° 19.728′ N, 82° 59.034′ W. Marker is in Chillicothe, Ohio, in Ross County. It is at the intersection of 6th Street and Walnut Street, on the right when traveling east on 6th Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 90 W 6th Street, Chillicothe OH 45601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Scioto Valley

and in Southern Ohio Hill Country.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

and in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A Cannon Captured from the British in Revolutionary War. (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line);

Lucy Webb Hayes, 1831 - 1889 Marker (Side B) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 21, 2008

2. Lucy Webb Hayes, 1831 - 1889 Marker (Side B)

Burton Egbert Stevenson (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Underground Railroad in Chillicothe / Ross County (approx. 0.2 miles away); The First Baptist Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Ross County Civil War Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); The Chillicothe Gazette (approx. ¼ mile away); Home of Chillicothe Newspapers (approx. ¼ mile away); A Replica of Ohio's First Capitol (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chillicothe.

Additional keywords. FLOTUS, First Ladies of the United States of America

Birthplace of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

3. Birthplace of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes

Credits. This page was last revised on December 2, 2019. It was originally submitted on December 24, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,571 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 24, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

Birthplace of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes⎯⎯⎯Lucy Webb Hayes, 1831 - 1889

Birthplace of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes
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Lucy Webb Hayes, 1831 - 1889